Red Velvet Waffles with Cream Cheese Icing Drizzle

Call it breakfast, or call it dessert – these red velvet waffles with strawberries, raspberries and a cream cheese drizzle will make your taste buds happy!

Looking for more red velvet breakfast recipes? Try these Red Velvet Muffins or Red Velvet Pancakes.

If you know me, you know I love red velvet. In fact, I even wrote a cookbook filled with red velvet recipes! And I also love waffles.

So of course, when it comes to a special breakfast, these Red Velvet Waffles come to mind!

Why I Love Them

While I love making things from scratch, a short cut every now and again never hurts. These waffles are basically cake mix in a waffle iron, so you can’t beat how easy they are. (Want a homemade option? Check out the Change It Up section below!)

They are not only great for breakfast, but they are actually a great snack or dessert. My kids devoured them as an after school snack.

They are perfect for a holiday! Of course, Valentine’s Day comes to mind because these would make a perfect breakfast. But they would be great for mother’s day or Christmas, as well.

Ingredients

• Red Velvet Cake Mix (plus ingredients on the box): This may be different depending on the cake mix brand you get. For mine, it was water, oil, and eggs.
• Mixed Berries: I like to use red berries, so I have strawberries and raspberries.
• Sugar: The sugar is just to sweeten the berries and bit and get them to release their juices. You can totally leave this out, if desired.
• Cream Cheese: The cream cheese is the base for the drizzle. It mixes in much easier if it is at room temperature.
• Powdered Sugar: This is for the drizzle. I don’t sift it – just use it as is.
• Vanilla: A good vanilla extract is much better than imitation.
• Salt: The salt will help to balance the flavors.
• Milk: You’ll use as much milk as you need to thin out the sauce to a drizzling consistency. It makes it easier if it is warm, so I just heat it up in the microwave for a few seconds.

How to Make Red Velvet Waffles

1. Start by mixing the cake mix according to the package directions.
2. Plug in your waffle maker and once it is hot, cook the batter in the waffle maker.
3. In a bowl, combine the berries and the sugar and stir them together.
4. In another bowl, make the drizzle by beating the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt together. Start whisking in the milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until you have your desired consistency.

Tips and Tricks

You can make these in any waffle maker, but I like using my mini waffle maker. I also have a Belgian waffle maker, and I don’t like that as much because it takes so much batter so you don’t get very many waffles. And I just prefer the texture of a more traditional waffle maker for these.

If your berries aren’t very sweet, mix them with the sugar about a half hour before you are going to serve them. This gives them plenty of time for them to release their juices and create a little bit of a syrup.

Leftover waffles need to be stored in the refrigerator. They can be reheated in the oven, a toaster, or microwave.

Change it Up

If you want to make these from scratch, I have a great waffle recipe in my cookbook. But you can also use my red velvet pancake recipe and cook the batter in your waffle maker instead.

If you don’t love berries or if they aren’t affordable, these waffles are just as good with just the cream cheese drizzle. Or change up the fruit and use what you’d like.

That being said, you can also serve them with maple syrup!

More Fun Red Velvet Recipes

Red Velvet Cupcakes
Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies
Red Velvet Quick Bread with Cream Cheese Filling
Red Velvet Ice Cream Cake
Red Velvet Crepes

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Red Velvet Waffles with Cream Cheese Drizzle

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Author: Deborah Harroun

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

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Call it breakfast, or call it dessert – these Red Velvet Waffles with strawberries, raspberries, and a cream cheese drizzle will make your tastebuds happy!

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 box red velvet cake mix plus the ingredients listed on the box
• ▢ 2 1/2 cups mixed berries
• ▢ 1 tablespoon sugar
• ▢ 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• ▢ 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ Pinch of salt
• ▢ 1/4 to 1/3 cup milk warmed

Instructions

• Prepare the cake mix according to the box directions.
• Preheat your waffle iron. When warmed, spray the waffle iron with nonstick cooking spray.
• Pour the batter onto the waffle maker, being careful to not overfill the iron. Cook according to the manufacturers instructions.
• Mix the berries and the sugar together in a bowl. Let the berries sit for 5-10 minutes.
• To make the cream cheese drizzle, mix together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt. Whisk in the milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until you reach your desired consistency.
• Serve the waffles topped with some of the berries and a drizzle of the cream cheese mixture.

Recipe Notes:

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should be used as a general guide.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1/6 of recipe, Calories: 602kcal (30%), Carbohydrates: 81g (27%), Protein: 7g (14%), Fat: 29g (45%), Saturated Fat: 11g (69%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g, Cholesterol: 113mg (38%), Sodium: 603mg (26%), Fiber: 4g (17%), Sugar: 52g (58%)

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